Rangers Home Ice Hopes | NHL News

NHL News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 20, 2026 · 1m

The New York Rangers are staring down the barrel of a make-or-break season, with their home ice performance last year—a brutal 0-7 start and five shutouts—now a glaring red flag. With ten of their first seventeen games at MSG, they must turn things around fast. The trade of Vincent Trocheck, their top second-line center and power play engine, has left a void, but Noah Laba is poised to step up. Meanwhile, new acquisition Pavel Dorofeyev needs the right center—Zibanejad or Miller?—to maximize his scoring potential. The coaching staff is laser-focused on ending early scoring droughts and…